A Broken Promise

'You don't have any idea how safe you made me feel.' That's the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw him again. We saw each other again but the only difference is we're standing right in front of each other. Last time I remember we're standing side by side and fighting side by side, who would've thought that time flies so fast.

"Long time no see, Ilpyo Park." This is the first time I heard him call me by my whole name and it kinda hurt me. No matter how brave I am to face him, his voice still has a strong effect on me. I really do love you but if I can't do this then I can't bring the justice you and your grandfather need. I want to bring justice to you and your grandfather in a legal way. I don't want to cause a second Ragnarok again.

"Yeah. Been a while." I still love you, I mouthed but he didn't react to it then a shadow of a woman popped up in his side then it looked like time suddenly stopped then that shadow formed a human form.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐥𝐩𝐲𝐨. 𝐉𝐚𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬. 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤." a woman said. Does she know Jaecheondaeseong? So, does she know about Mori Jin?

"𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐦. 𝐉𝐚𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞." Of all the things she said, only one thing registered in my mind. That's what she said, 'first true love'. Ah, first true love.

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐈𝐥𝐩𝐲𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤." Me?

"𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐉𝐚𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐉𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐞𝐣𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐢𝐧? 𝐈𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞?" I- Maybe. "𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

Then she suddenly vanish into thin air and when I took back my control over Hojosa I saw a collapsing building but it's too late to react that's when I realize that Yeoui expand out of its own accord and once again a shadow of a woman vanish out of nowhere and I saw Mori coming in my direction.

"Remember you are in a battlefield." Mori then ran into Mubong Park's direction. "𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮." I still remember what she said to me. What does it mean? I thought she loved Mori so why can she give him to me as if she doesn't love him?

"𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝙹𝚊𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎ave 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚢 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎."

"But all I have done to him?"

"𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝."

"I'm not worthy of his love and care."

"𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚝. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚝. 𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚝."

Hojosa's right. I'm not under obligation to accept his feelings for me but why do I feel these feelings? A silence elope the place when I look at Mori, his looking nowhere in the distance. I want to hug him but I can't. Then the same woman appeared in front of Mori and I totally saw his brighter-than-sun smile and yell that made everyone look at him.

"Samjang! I won. I won against the strongest person, isn't that what you want me to do? I did it," he exclaim but the most thing that made me shatter into pieces. It was just a simple sentence but it's effect is more than a million of daggers. "I miss you." he mutter in a soft and low voice. I couldn't take it anymore and I ran when I noticed no one was noticing but as I ran I could feel Sujin's gentle look at me as if they were asking me a hundred of million of questions.

Sorry. That's the only comprehensible thing I can mutter as of now and continue to run away until I feel Hojosa's heavy breath beside my subconscious mind inside. I can't feel anything until I feel a tear flow from my left cheeks. Tears? When was the last time I cried? When was the last time I saw someone abandon me? He did kill Mubong but I can't feel happy. I just shouted until a pair of arms wrapped around my body. It's warm.

"Stop it now, Ilpyo." it was Seungyeon's voice.

If I haven't broken my promise that I'm going to fight with him. If I haven't broken my promise that I'm going to protect him. If I haven't done anything like that then I don't need to suffer like that. I can't do anything anymore, it was nothing but. . . a broken promise.

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Sheesh! I finish it.

This is your infamous author trying to write while working my ass. Strawberry senpai at your service.

- strawberrykonami